REPLACEMENT MEN Season 2
THE SECRETS THAT ARE REVEALED

In Jakarta.

Karina was surprised by Bayu's request. Her husband wanted her to take off contraception.

"You're not working anymore, brother. No problem, right, getting pregnant soon?"

Since before marriage, Karina did ask Bayu so that they do not have children first. The reason was of course because Karina still wanted to concentrate on work. Bayu never knew that behind it all, his wife hid the cancer treatment process that required her to delay pregnancy. In the end Bayu complied with Karina's request, as well as his wife's request to keep the request secret from the Karina family.

"But, Mas ...."

Bayu embraces Karina's body. "Come on, brother, our age is growing. Cook yes, I'll just have a child before retirement?"

"I still can't, Mas" said Karina Lirih. Hiding his face in Bayu's chest.

The man breathed. "Why, Sister?"

Karina did not answer.

"Do you need Maira to tell you?"

The woman rose from her fall on Bayu's chest. "Don't!" panicked shouting. "It could be a long matter if Maira knew I was KB from the beginning of marriage."

Bayu smile. "That's why, this time it's you who must follow my request!"

Karina's back in her arms. The two of them are now hugging each other on the bed.

"We make children, yes, yes, yes ...!" woo Bayu, naughty.

Karina pinches Bayu's belly.

"Honey, tomorrow you take off the KB tool, yes!" whispered Bayu in his wife's ear

Karina did not answer. He chose to be busy kissing Bayu's chest.

Soon Bayu turned Karina's body around. "I don't want to know, tomorrow you have to get off KB!" say Bayu more firmly

Bayu turned off the room lights, replacing them with dimly lit sleeping lights. A moment later they were both already immersed in the warmth of love.

***

Karina has been out of work for almost a month. Cancer treatment is still routine he runs. Only this time she moved to a military hospital, following her husband's health insurance. He also still hid his pain from Bayu.

That afternoon he returned to poly oncology control at a military hospital. While queuing in the waiting room, suddenly someone patted his shoulder.

"Mom Bayu?"

Karina. He was shocked when he found Letting Bayu's wife sitting behind him.

"Mother Fatur?"

"Check who, Miss Bayu?" ask sertu Fatur's wife.

"Oh, ee .. e. ..., uh, if Ms Bayu herself, who's sick?" Karina turned the question.

"Here, my mother." Fatur's wife pointed to a middle-aged woman sitting next to him.

Karina nodded at the middle-aged mother. "What pain, Mom?"

"Here, there's a lump in the breast."

"If Madam Bayu herself why?" ask sertu Fatur's wife again, still curious.

"Ee .. This ... Ee ..., Control is normal, really." Karina replied. She didn't want her husband's letting wife to know. News of his illness will reach Bayu's ears.

The meeting with his wife and Fatur in poly oncology left a sense of worry in Karina's mind. She could only pray that her husband's letting wife ignored their meeting. But his prayer was not granted. Two days later Bayu asked in an inflamed tone.

"What are you sick with, brother?"

Karina flabbergasted. His hand that was stirring the tea stopped suddenly. The woman shivered in fear as Bayu held onto her shoulder and turned her body to face her husband. In front of the dining table, they stood facing each other. Karina tidied the body to the edge of the table.

"Sik, what were you doing yesterday in poly oncology? What are you sick with, sister? Answer!" Bayu's eyes were staring at Karina.

Karina's lips twitched. Her tears are puffing. Then slowly go down.

Bayu hugged Karina's body tightly. "Sik, honestly, what pain are you, honey? Don't hide it from me. What, Dik?"

***

"Chronic myelocytic leukemia?" Bayu surprised. "What's that?"

"A slow-developing type of blood cell cancer, Mas. I have been doing regular therapy all this time. God willing it will get better, Mom."

Whatever Karina's explanation, when she heard about cancer, Bayu's guts remained shriveled. Karina in the arms. "Agh, honey, why have you been keeping it a secret all this time?" regrettable. "You should've told me you shouldn't have to take this on your own!" Bayu's eyes glazed. He could not imagine his wife's suffering all this time to endure pain, without him knowing.

"I'm afraid you're worried, Mom."

Bayu let go of the embrace. He held both shoulders of Karina. His eyes grew sharp. "So, I'm your husband. I deserve to know what happened to you. Your pain is my pain too. Your creak is my creak too. You shouldn't have hidden all this from me. Understood?!"

Karina tergugu's. "I'm sorry, ma'am."

Back Bayu hugged Karina tightly, as if afraid of losing. "From now on, let's go through this together!"

"Yes, Mas. But please don't tell my illness to Maira or my father. I don't want them to worry."

Bayu nodded.

"And, about the pregnancy, is that okay, I'm still putting it off? I can't get pregnant during this treatment."

"Yes, honey, it's okay. What matters is that you heal first."

"Thank you, Mum."

Karina let Bayu hug her body tightly for a long time. He knew Bayu was devastated by the news. All she could do was pray, may God give her a longer life, for her beloved husband.

***

In Bandung.

The PIA Ardhya Garini organization anniversary event was a success. The dance costume Maira was doing was completed on time. The woman breathed a sigh of relief and beamed her face to look at the dancers who began to perform on stage with beautiful costumes of his work.

After the show, Ms. Sapto called out to him. "Bu Janu, thank you for the help, yes. Bu Janu's design costume is very beautiful to wear dancers on the stage."

"Ready, mom, alike. It's great to be a part of the success of this show."

Bu Sapto patted Maira on the shoulder. His gaze turned to Maira's growing belly. "What's the relationship, healthy right?"

"Alhamdulillah, mother."

"Yesterday's sewing activity wasn't distracting, was it?"

"No, mother."

"Alhamdulillah."

Bu Sapto invited Maira to sit in the folding chair in front of the stage. Some of the caretakers are still going back and forth to clean up the equipment assisted by the army om-om. Sapto's mom is sitting next to Maira.

"So like this, Bu Janu, next month there will be a competition Cipta Fashion Nusantara. The plan is to come along, here. Well, because we happen to know how the work of Bu Janu, can we ask Bu Janu to represent the race?"

Maira. "Ijin, mother, but is my work worthy of such an event?"

"I'm sure it's worth it. Even the chairman's mother praised, you know."

Undeniably, there is a sense of pride inside Maira's chest.

"The talk will also only be held in Bandung, really."

Maira nodded. "Whoever mother, shall I try."

Bu Sapto breathed a sigh of relief. The arm of Maira. "Excite, yes!"

Meanwhile from the side of the stage, among the om-om soldiers who were busy fixing the equipment, looked Captain Rian. The man gave instructions to his men, while occasionally stealing glances at Maira.

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